After the two men, one fat and one thin, sat down, they started chatting nonsense:

"Xiao Si, let me tell you, the wontons made at this wonton stall are really delicious. I come here to eat whenever I have time, and the most important thing is that they don't cost any money."

This spy named Xiao Si had just arrived at Section 3 of No. 76 not long ago, and was brought in by this fat spy. When he heard this, he immediately showed a puzzled expression.

The fat spy lifted the hem of his clothes, revealing a Browning pistol underneath, and said proudly:

"See? With this tough guy on us, who would dare to take our money? I tell you, as long as we have this, we can walk around Shanghai like a tyrant, and no one would dare to mess with us."

"Let alone this small wonton stall, even if it's a restaurant in the city, I won't pay for it."

When he said this, he also glanced in the direction of Lao Zhang. The warning was self-evident. He just wanted the old man in front of him to be sensible. If he lost face in front of his younger brother, he would be in trouble.

Of course, there was a bit of bragging in his words. With his level, he could only bully small street vendors. Those big restaurants were all protected by people, and they were not something a small shrimp like him could afford to offend.

Xiao Si was originally a cunning, lazy and greedy gangster, otherwise he would not have chosen to come to No. 76 to be a spy. This would make people laugh in his spine. If one person becomes a traitor, the whole family will not be able to hold their heads up.

When he saw this scene, all kinds of gleams kept flashing in his eyes. This kind of bullying of ordinary people by taking advantage of the power of others was his favorite thing to do.

However, Xiao Si was a big mouth and couldn't keep things to himself. After the wontons were served, he started talking about what happened last night:

"Brother Hu, the two section chiefs interrogated the Military Control Commission members we arrested all night last night, but they refused to utter a single word. There wasn't a single scratch on their skin. I was terrified watching them. I don't know how they managed to be so fearless. If it were me, I'd probably confess everything the moment the pepper-soaked whip started waving. My life is the most important thing right now."

Hearing this, Xiao Ma and Lao Zhang pricked up their ears and listened carefully, but both of them did it quite naturally, without letting anyone around them notice anything unusual.

The two of them had received special training for such matters, which was to use their professional advantages to obtain intelligence without leaving any trace. However, both of them had been in the market for so many years and were very good at observing people's words and expressions. These things were trivial to them.

This is extremely important information, especially when it is spoken unintentionally by the two young spies in front of us, so it is even more credible.

Of course, Xiao Ma and Lao Zhang were only responsible for recording intelligence. As for the authenticity, they were not able to judge it. Their superiors only asked them to write down everything they heard, including the speaker's tone and age, their expressions, etc.

Then, specialized intelligence analysts will summarize all the collected intelligence one by one and verify the authenticity of the intelligence from multiple aspects.

Just at this moment, a customer came over pushing a bicycle to repair his tire. Xiao Ma quickly and skillfully greeted the customer, but his mind was still on the two little spies.

When the young spies saw someone coming, they immediately changed the subject and started talking about gossip in the Third Department. Especially the fat spy, in order to show off his wide network of contacts, he spoke in vivid detail, basically describing the interpersonal relationships and grudges in the Third Operations Department of the Headquarters of Agent No. 76 in detail.

Xiao Ma and Lao Zhang also listened with great interest, and took note of all the valuable information in their hearts. They would find someone to write it down after they returned.

The two spies left after eating the wontons. Lao Zhang also pretended to go forward to collect the debt as usual, but was glared at by the fat spy, who even cursed at him a few times before he left with his men.

This is also a common practice. After all, it is a small business. If you are very generous and don't ask for it, it will arouse suspicion.

There was not much noteworthy happening next, and the morning passed by like this.

Usually at noon, the bicycle repair stall has basically no business, and Xiao Ma will close the stall and go home for lunch, and will not come out until around three or four in the afternoon. Today is no exception.

When he returned, his wife was doing handicrafts at home. Seeing the head of the family coming back, she quickly put down her work, stood up and said:

"Why are you back so early today? The meal will take a while. You should take a rest first."

"Okay, I'm going to go to the tool room and sort out the parts I need this afternoon."

After he finished speaking, he put down the burden in his hands, walked quickly into the tool room, found a pen and some paper in a hidden corner, and wrote down in detail what he had just heard.

Xiao Ma has also studied for a few years. Although he can't write any good articles, he has no problem with basic reading and writing. Besides, this kind of information only needs to be recorded in detail, and there is no need to pay attention to the quality of the writing.

I saw him recall carefully, and then write down everything he had just heard, also in the form of a dialogue.

After doing all this, he hid the information in a round tube on the stall. He had a lot of such parts and they would generally not attract anyone's attention.

However, this information cannot be sent out at this time. We have to find a suitable time, otherwise it would be too deliberate.

After lunch, he rested at home for a while, and then prepared to go out to the store to purchase some bicycle parts. Generally speaking, he would go shopping once a week, and each time was fixed at this time period, so he was not afraid of being investigated by interested people.

Today's intelligence was more important, so all the ponies used the second intelligence transmission plan. He was seen carrying a load and walking towards a store specializing in selling spare parts, ready to buy some parts.

When he passed a corner on the road, he stopped and pretended to rest, then took out the round tube from his shoulder pole, poured out the information from it and stuffed it into a movable brick on the wall.

After doing all this, he stood up, carried the load and left, then walked about a hundred meters and pressed a piece of rag next to a loose brick, which was a secret signal for contact.

After all, intelligence is not available every day. As soon as the person responsible for receiving intelligence sees this piece of cloth, he will know that there is important intelligence and will take the opportunity to take the information from the movable bricks.

This is also for the personal safety of those transmitting and collecting intelligence. The people on both sides will not meet face to face and may not even know each other.

About an hour later, a waiter from a nearby restaurant was passing by this place quickly with a food box. He first saw the rag strips and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He first picked up the scrap of cloth and looked at it carefully to confirm that it was the scrap of cloth agreed upon by his side, and not a prank by some people. This is also the most important part of intelligence confirmation.

After all, we are in a dangerous place, so we must be careful about everything and not cause irreparable losses to everyone because of a momentary negligence.

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